noters !!! 1) The pain relief act allows doctors to prescribe medication for a patient to take to help the commit suicide 2) This bill has supporters like American medical association, officially against the bill but has members who support 3) Physicians have been split on their positions 4) Some doctors fear it will drive away business and send patients elsewhere 5) The debate has been alive but not well talked about for over 2,000 years since the birth of modern medicine 6) Is considered as controversial as abortion 50) in march 1998 a woman in orgeon was the first person in us to leagaly commit sucide with a doctor 51) she had cancer and could no longer take the pain 52) she took a precribed medicine to take her life 53)legal only in the state of orgeon since 1997 54) the only way its legal is for the docotor to prscribe meds 55) assisted sucide happens a lot even with being ilegal 56)has a great potential for abuse therfor should be moniterd closley and strictly 57)when asked 67% of doctors said the wouldnt give the treatment 58) even the doctors that have assisted said it wasnt there choice and did not want to do so
59)just like pain its prscribed the doctors usualy dont give as much or strong a medicine as the patient wants or th max they can get
60) the doctor and the patients plus the family should make the decion
7) Ever since 1751 Germany has had no prosecution 8) France doesn’t have a legally binding issue other than failure to help someone in danger 9) It is completely illegal and not allowed in Italy 10) In England somewhat like us, in which we share morals it is illegal and you can spend up top 14 years in prison 11) Canada has very similar laws to England in witch yes it will be prosecuted 12) In 1962 japan is one of the few countries that completely legalized assisted suicide 13) In japan it is rare for cases of assisted suicide only because of its high taboo level therefore most cases are of highly indeed patients
Humphry, derek . "Assisted Suicide Laws Around the World." assisted suicide . World Right-to-Die Newsletter, 1 Mar. 2005. Web. 30 Mar. 2012. <http://www.assistedsuicide.org/suicide_laws.html>.
How to commit with assist in state of Oregon
14) First step is to make the oral request with a doctor
15) 15 days later you will need to make another request by the same doctor
16) The next step before the doctor can prescribe lethal medicine is with a written request hat is signed by two witnesses
17) Most doctors still contact a suicide help group and try to prevent the suicide
18) The doctor is the only one that can make the final decision on whether to give the green light or not
19) The doctor is also required with no exceptions to offer all and any alternatives to the patient
20)it is also required the doctor tell the pateint that its okay if he changes his mind at any time and for any reason
21)the doctor can percribe the medicine within two days after the formal writen request
22) it is crucial to doctor that they do not give the medicine
23) if the doctor give it than it is euthanasia
24) and if given and the pateint takes from the doctor prosicution can tkae place
25)usualy the sucides happen within their home'
26) have a care provider at the home
27) the medicine they can take is two differnrent kinds of a barbiturate
28) insurance almost never covers the cost
29) one is Seconal whitch is several capsels
30)the other choice is Nembutal a more expincive liqud
31) the capsuls are to be crushed to preduce 3 teaspoons of lethal powder to be injested
32)the capsuls cost about $125 compared to over $1000 on the liqud
33) pateint must ask a total of atleast three times
34) must be atleast 18 years or older
35) must be a resident of the state
36)must also have a termanal disease and told you have less than 6 mounths too live anyway
37)you also must be able to talk clearly and make a straight decision with a doctor and know what you are asking for
38)doctors are cocerned with how far the go to save a life and maybe it would be better of for the altearnative
39) there are a few legit and non legit reasons
40) 1 is the mercy argument
41)pateint argument its their life shouldnt they choose
42)economics argument- the anti sucide campain is surprisingly realy high
43)the lets face it they already do it why shouldnt they do it effeceintly and clinacly
44)doctors arnt trained with physcology
45)many people have cocidered sucide just becuase of a hard time in there life
46)so people are pailized and wanted to die are thankfull to this day there wasnt a system in place
47) it is concidered imoral or un eithcal
48) against chritan beliefs
49) no clear laws about a doctor that dosnt believe in sucide
Newman, Ed. "Making The Final Choice: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized?." enny man. Web. 30 Mar. 2012. <http://www.ennyman.com/DAS-5.html>.
61)1997, Oregon voters decide to make assisted sucide ileagal
62) person must make choice voluntarily
63)atleast a two week waiting peroid
64) yolu cant move to ogrean to end ypure life
65) only 10 commited in the 2 years
66) a few doctors have landed them selves in prison through ileagl assists
67) only 2/3 doctors prscribe when asked
68)many doctors believe you should have better pain control
69)some people would rather take their life than burden the health care system and familys
70)this is cociderd a social issue for ex how we care for old people
71)we dont ask people their reason for being alive
72)some doctors believe this shouldnt ne limited by laws
73)for some being on life support, parilized or in pain is enough to justify
74)people should have the right to infromation and ask questions
75)talkin about this is very important
76)some families fear rinning up medical bills and going into debt
77)Euthanasia- basicly injecting somone with poison
78) euthanasia is concidersd homicide
79) since its an act of homicide it is ileagal in all 50 states inless sentanced by a judge
80)euthanasia is surprisingly legal in the neitherlands
81) in the neitherlands its not even required to have a form of concent
82) assisted sucide- having somone help or derect youre death with your permission
83) it has been atempted but failed in four states to leagalize assissted sucide
84) is legal in two states washington and oregon
85) is somwhat debbateable in monatana due to loose set of laws
86) switzerland has no lwas making it legal
87) however many people have traveled to switzerland to end their life since its widely practiced
88) allowing people to die of starvation is illeagal everywhere in the states
89) pateint could be misdigonosed when asked to die therefore dieing without a reason
90) some people have been told they have mounths but live for years after
91)65% of neitherland doctors are for euthanasia
92)since patients can fully trust there doctor if the recomand death its probable they will take it
93)how do you prove the dead pateint wanted death
94)some people dont know how valuble their own life is
95)if scociety chooses to make it legal everywhere it could have an effetect on the week making them cocider it there duty to die
96) sucide is very common among youth since they dont have many ressposiblitys \
97) some pateints have only one choice death
98)people fear in orgeon that it will be a reason if youre a crible to die
99)in 2008 washington state had a vote on assisted sucide in 2009 it passed
100) in 2008 montanna had a big debate about leagality of assited sucide
101) in scottland people are inraged at the idea
102) in couombia there are no resriction of any kind
103)in swizerland there is still some leagal debate
104)this mostly a ethical debate not a relgios debate
105) some mental pateints cant make a good long term decison about sucide
106) the government only lightly studies the matter
107) pain is the most feared symptom among most people
108)hospice is a place that takes care of really sick people
109) some argue sucide is better than mounths of compleate pain and suffering
110) cancer is not always associated with pain but when it is its relievable most times with medicne
111) if you take pain medicine of a period of time you soon become adicted
112)therefore agian talk to youre doctor and ask question intead of trusting them they are crucal to a decison
113)dieing can be the most tragic of life therefore do it on youre terms and in peace not in pain
114) pateints usualy make right by there family and finaces before dying just one advantage
115) many people cvant handle the time before there told they will die
116)most pateints who have made the choice were already ill
117) you should research and understand youre choices if you wish this
118) vitualy every culture has had a debate at sometime about assisted sucide
119)if it is a pateints life it is the choice
120)most believe that its much better to be open that way pateints can feel free to talk and make a good decion
121)the argument is stil an ugly behind the curtin issue but we should make a decion
122)there are ethical dangers
123)there can be a fine line between murder and assissted sucide
124)there is an internatonal trade of sucide drugs
125) the ring is involved with mexico, new zeland, and austria
126)legal in belguim
127)legal in Luxembourg
128) there are also people to teach pateints how to make homade drugs whitch are potentialy violents
129)Euthanasia is very close to assisted sucide
130)when a pateint just feels really bad short term they may have a want to end their life
131) right to life groups and chirchs are the biggest oppossers
132)assisted sucide can be called rational sucide becuase of help
133)strong laws would need to be made and oversighted
134)this has potential for abuse or to be taking to far
135)some people could infact fake severe pain in oreder to die
"Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia." life. wisconsin right to live, Web. 30 Mar. 2012. http://www.wrtl.org/assistedsuicide/euthanasia/.
1) The pain relief act allows doctors to prescribe medication for a patient to take to help the commit suicide
2) This bill has supporters like American medical association, officially against the bill but has members who support
3) Physicians have been split on their positions
4) Some doctors fear it will drive away business and send patients elsewhere
5) The debate has been alive but not well talked about for over 2,000 years since the birth of modern medicine
6) Is considered as controversial as abortion
50) in march 1998 a woman in orgeon was the first person in us to leagaly commit sucide with a doctor
51) she had cancer and could no longer take the pain
52) she took a precribed medicine to take her life
53)legal only in the state of orgeon since 1997
54) the only way its legal is for the docotor to prscribe meds
55) assisted sucide happens a lot even with being ilegal
56)has a great potential for abuse therfor should be moniterd closley and strictly
57)when asked 67% of doctors said the wouldnt give the treatment
58) even the doctors that have assisted said it wasnt there choice and did not want to do so
59)just like pain its prscribed the doctors usualy dont give as much or strong a medicine as the patient wants or th max they can get
60) the doctor and the patients plus the family should make the decion
Assisted suicide Should it be legal." CNN Health . CNN, 25 Jan. 2010. Web. 1 Jan. http://articles.cnn.com/2000-01-25/health/assisted.suicide.wmd_1_physicianassisted-suicide-terminally-ill-patients-deadly-drug/3?_s=PM:HEALTH
7) Ever since 1751 Germany has had no prosecution
8) France doesn’t have a legally binding issue other than failure to help someone in danger
9) It is completely illegal and not allowed in Italy
10) In England somewhat like us, in which we share morals it is illegal and you can spend up top 14 years in prison
11) Canada has very similar laws to England in witch yes it will be prosecuted
12) In 1962 japan is one of the few countries that completely legalized assisted suicide
13) In japan it is rare for cases of assisted suicide only because of its high taboo level therefore most cases are of highly indeed patients
Humphry, derek . "Assisted Suicide Laws Around the World." assisted suicide . World Right-to-Die Newsletter, 1 Mar. 2005. Web. 30 Mar. 2012. <http://www.assistedsuicide.org/suicide_laws.html>.
How to commit with assist in state of Oregon
Engber, Daniel, et al. "A guide to "Death With Dignity" in Oregon." Slate (2005): 1. Web. 30 Mar. 2012. <http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2005/10/how_does_assisted_suicide_work.html>.
38)doctors are cocerned with how far the go to save a life and maybe it would be better of for the altearnative
39) there are a few legit and non legit reasons
40) 1 is the mercy argument
41)pateint argument its their life shouldnt they choose
42)economics argument- the anti sucide campain is surprisingly realy high
43)the lets face it they already do it why shouldnt they do it effeceintly and clinacly
44)doctors arnt trained with physcology
45)many people have cocidered sucide just becuase of a hard time in there life
46)so people are pailized and wanted to die are thankfull to this day there wasnt a system in place
47) it is concidered imoral or un eithcal
48) against chritan beliefs
49) no clear laws about a doctor that dosnt believe in sucide
Newman, Ed. "Making The Final Choice: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized?." enny man. Web. 30 Mar. 2012. <http://www.ennyman.com/DAS-5.html>.
61)1997, Oregon voters decide to make assisted sucide ileagal
62) person must make choice voluntarily
63)atleast a two week waiting peroid
64) yolu cant move to ogrean to end ypure life
65) only 10 commited in the 2 years
66) a few doctors have landed them selves in prison through ileagl assists
67) only 2/3 doctors prscribe when asked
68)many doctors believe you should have better pain control
69)some people would rather take their life than burden the health care system and familys
70)this is cociderd a social issue for ex how we care for old people
71)we dont ask people their reason for being alive
72)some doctors believe this shouldnt ne limited by laws
73)for some being on life support, parilized or in pain is enough to justify
74)people should have the right to infromation and ask questions
75)talkin about this is very important
76)some families fear rinning up medical bills and going into debt
"hasting death ." growth house . handbook for mortals, Web. 1 Jan. http://www.growthhouse.org/mortals/mort2528.html.
77)Euthanasia- basicly injecting somone with poison
78) euthanasia is concidersd homicide
79) since its an act of homicide it is ileagal in all 50 states inless sentanced by a judge
80)euthanasia is surprisingly legal in the neitherlands
81) in the neitherlands its not even required to have a form of concent
82) assisted sucide- having somone help or derect youre death with your permission
83) it has been atempted but failed in four states to leagalize assissted sucide
84) is legal in two states washington and oregon
85) is somwhat debbateable in monatana due to loose set of laws
86) switzerland has no lwas making it legal
87) however many people have traveled to switzerland to end their life since its widely practiced
88) allowing people to die of starvation is illeagal everywhere in the states
89) pateint could be misdigonosed when asked to die therefore dieing without a reason
90) some people have been told they have mounths but live for years after
91)65% of neitherland doctors are for euthanasia
92)since patients can fully trust there doctor if the recomand death its probable they will take it
93)how do you prove the dead pateint wanted death
94)some people dont know how valuble their own life is
95)if scociety chooses to make it legal everywhere it could have an effetect on the week making them cocider it there duty to die
96) sucide is very common among youth since they dont have many ressposiblitys \
97) some pateints have only one choice death
98)people fear in orgeon that it will be a reason if youre a crible to die
99)in 2008 washington state had a vote on assisted sucide in 2009 it passed
100) in 2008 montanna had a big debate about leagality of assited sucide
101) in scottland people are inraged at the idea
102) in couombia there are no resriction of any kind
103)in swizerland there is still some leagal debate
104)this mostly a ethical debate not a relgios debate
105) some mental pateints cant make a good long term decison about sucide
106) the government only lightly studies the matter
107) pain is the most feared symptom among most people
108)hospice is a place that takes care of really sick people
109) some argue sucide is better than mounths of compleate pain and suffering
110) cancer is not always associated with pain but when it is its relievable most times with medicne
111) if you take pain medicine of a period of time you soon become adicted
112)therefore agian talk to youre doctor and ask question intead of trusting them they are crucal to a decison
113)dieing can be the most tragic of life therefore do it on youre terms and in peace not in pain
114) pateints usualy make right by there family and finaces before dying just one advantage
115) many people cvant handle the time before there told they will die
116)most pateints who have made the choice were already ill
117) you should research and understand youre choices if you wish this
118) vitualy every culture has had a debate at sometime about assisted sucide
119)if it is a pateints life it is the choice
120)most believe that its much better to be open that way pateints can feel free to talk and make a good decion
121)the argument is stil an ugly behind the curtin issue but we should make a decion
122)there are ethical dangers
123)there can be a fine line between murder and assissted sucide
124)there is an internatonal trade of sucide drugs
125) the ring is involved with mexico, new zeland, and austria
126)legal in belguim
127)legal in Luxembourg
128) there are also people to teach pateints how to make homade drugs whitch are potentialy violents
129)Euthanasia is very close to assisted sucide
130)when a pateint just feels really bad short term they may have a want to end their life
131) right to life groups and chirchs are the biggest oppossers
132)assisted sucide can be called rational sucide becuase of help
133)strong laws would need to be made and oversighted
134)this has potential for abuse or to be taking to far
135)some people could infact fake severe pain in oreder to die
"Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia." life. wisconsin right to live, Web. 30 Mar. 2012. http://www.wrtl.org/assistedsuicide/euthanasia/.